Carnegie Magazine Archives - Page 3 of 21 - Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

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Five Things: Fall 2025

Art and science news you can use.

A woman in a red sweater sits on a ladder, holding a tray with preserved birds in a museum storage room lined with wooden drawers, exuding a scholarly ambiance.

Seen+Heard: Fall 2025

In brief, what’s new around the museums.

A group of uniformed military band members pose smiling with instruments under vintage Coca-Cola and drugstore signs. The mood is cheerful and proud.

‘Who can better talk about us than us?’

By B. Denise Hawkins

A pioneering exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Art explores a rich archive of Black photojournalism in mid-20th century America.

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From the Archives: Mimicry in Nature

By William J. Holland, Former Director (1898-1922) and Curator of Carnegie Museum

Items from the magazine’s 98-year-old archives.

President’s Note: Fall 2025

A message from Steven Knapp.

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A Closer Look: The Fingerprints of God

By Autumn Barrows

A new perspective on familiar offerings at Carnegie Museums.

A woman in a plaid blazer smiles in front of a colorful mural depicting molecular structures. The background is vibrant and abstract, creating a cheerful atmosphere.

Q+A: Shannon Gaussa

By Aakanksha Agarwal

In conversation with the Associate Director of Learning and Engagement at Carnegie Science Center.

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Nurturing Empowerment

By Amy Whipple

Carnegie Museum of Art’s Empowered Educators lifts teachers up by bringing them together.

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Mining History

by Ben Seal

The conservation of thousands of letters written in the Museum of Natural History’s infancy reveals new chapters in the story of one of the world’s great museums.

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Connecting People and Science When It Most Matters

Story By Chris Fleisher and Corinne Whiting

Already a trusted resource for science learning, the Science Center aims to be a real-time information source on topics affecting us all.

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Mending Land, Healing Culture

By Chris Fleisher

A Hawaiian land steward brings the story of indigenous fishpond restoration to Carnegie Museum of Natural History as part of the R.W. Moriarty Science Seminars.

A large dinosaur skull and fossilized bones are stored on wooden carts and shelves in a paleontological lab.

What Lies Beneath

By Laura Clark Rohrer

The vertebrate fossils on exhibit at Carnegie Museum of Natural History are just a fraction of a collection that is as scientifically important as it is just plain cool. Welcome to the bone rooms.

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Moving Into the Future

By Abigail Hakas

BNY Fab Lab gets a visibility boost at the Science Center, along with some major upgrades.

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Q+A: Lisa Haney

By Justin Guerriero

In conversation with Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Egyptologist and curator of Egypt on the Nile.

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Closer Look: Portrait of a Grieving American Icon

By Autumn Barrows

A new perspective on familiar offerings at Carnegie Museums.

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Inspiring More Kids

By Justin Guerriero

Carnegie Science Center broadens the reach of a long-running science fair competition in western Pennsylvania.

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From the Archives: ‘Behold the Mighty Dinosaur’

By J. LeRoy Kay, Acting Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum

Items from the magazine’s 98-year-old archives.

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Lights, camera, production

By Abigail Hakas

The Warhol Creative unveils its first feature-length documentary–about the LGBTQ+ Youth Prom.

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Seen+Heard: Summer 2025

In brief, what’s new around the museums.

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Building a Bridge to an Engineering Career

By Chris Fleisher

A longtime supporter of Carnegie Museums wants to reach a new generation with STEM education.

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Five Things: Summer 2025

Art and science news you can use.

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Andy Warhol: The Product

By Barbara Klein

Warhol knew early on he had something to sell. A new exhibition examines the intersection of commerce and the artist’s famed screenprints.

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President’s Note: Summer 2025

A message from Steven Knapp.

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Guiding the Conversation

By Jennifer Davis

A league of dedicated volunteer docents marks a half century of guiding visitors through Carnegie Museum of Art.